Guild Wars 2

Hi guys,

I am new to the game and have a few questions on some bugs that I think I am seeing in relation to a build that I am trying out. You can see the build here (copy and paste), which I use for sPvP (pretty much all i play):

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fcAQJAqalspyaHwy3F1LJRIFFG/gekX8eXRF0/nCsF;ToAAzCpo4xIjQGbYOekhNEYGA

I love me some flamethrower and burnination, but I was having some issues with the tool tips. If you look at the damage numbers on the skill calc page, they are much higher than what I saw on the tool tips in game. The in game tool tips didn’t seem to reflect the right numbers. I am assuming that the skill editor page is correct, but that might be a kittenumption.

Second bug I saw was when I was using the sigil of battle (I heard that switching weapon sigils works for kits). When I switched, I got no might. I was also using a talent that gave me three stacks when using a healing skill, so I used the med kit for that, so I expected 6 stacks, but only got three. Sigh.

I changed my talents around as a result and ended up with the build you see above. Let me know what you think!

Cheers.

I can’t check the build at the moment, but I might be able to help with some of your questions.

1) Skill calculator vs. In-game Tooltip number disparity: the Skill calculator is giving you the numbers for a level 80 weapon. The formula (from the wiki) for direct damage is

Damage done = (weapon damage)(Power)(skill-specific coefficient)/(Target Armor)

2) Were you swapping kits in combat to test it out? Sigil of Battle will only give you Might if you are in combat. Might from Sigil of Battle and from your traits should stack, so you should see the six stacks you were hoping for.

Ah I think you got it on number 2, I don’t think I was in combat when I tried. Cheers!

PlotDevice.1239:

I am assuming that the skill editor page is correct, but that might be a kittenumption.

Made me chuckle. This forum has one of the most hilarious profanity filters I’ve ever seen.

Anyway, looks like a solid build overall. You should know that bleed, burn, and poison only deal damage once every second. So, even if a bleed is 2.8 seconds long, it will only deal damage twice. In other words, don’t bother increasing condition duration unless it will get you to the next even number. You may decide you don’t want all that burn duration either, but that’s up to you.

I’m not sure about the in-game tooltip vs build editor tooltip. The in-game tooltips are mostly accurate now—was there a specific skill that looked different or was it all the tooltips?